Horizontal milling, drilling, and boring machine of the floor type



y 1944. J. M. WALTER 2,354,414

HORIZONTAL MILLING, DRILLING, AND BORING MACHINE OF THE FLOOR TYPE Filed May 11, 1942 22 flaS.

INVENTOR.

I .EIGuZ. vJoHN'M M1. 7-51 BY M ATTORNEYS.

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eorporationofohio Application its: 11, V, In machines of the above noted type. the several operations require mechanical set "P for best operation which are to a degree inconsistent with each other. Thus when such a-machine is used for drilling or boring operations, great steadiness of the tool holder support is not required, whereas in a milling operation it is necessary that very great be provided. The steadiness for milling operations requires that the work be close to the bearings for the tool holder, whereas drillingtools and boring tools will often have'long shanks or stems to permit of passage into or through the work, wherefore the tool itself will not be close to the main bearings for the tool holder.

In such machines there isnormally a bed on which the work is held, although in certain models the factory floor servesas a bed and the huge machines are moved by crane to position adjacent the work. Essential to the construction is a base over which the large columnar housing travels at the side of the work. There has been as yet no way evolved for providing the best working conditions for both milling and boring the same piece of work without relocating it whichis sim 1e and free of diiiiculty. Thus it has'been Iii-0%! to provide for large sliding bearing for the tool shaft in such machines, which bearing would be moved outwardly when milling cutters were used, thus bringing the tool support close to the working point. When drilling or boring, this hearing or sleeve was withdrawn.

It is the object of my invention to provide in a machine of the type in question a side housingwhich carries the several motors, heads, feeds and the like which not only moves along the bed of the machine,.but which moves transversely to the bed. In this way the entire housing can be moved up to the work or away from it, and in addition can be moved to advantageous position for any series of operations and shifted readily to and fro to permit use of drilling and boring tools, or milling cutters,'in each instance providing proper support and tool length, but without disturbing the position of the work.

More particularly, in the example shown, the side housing is carried on a base which is fed to and fro along the machine bed, and is further more movable crosswise 01' this base by means of a drive which is conveniently correlated drive which moves the entire'housing.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a perspective of one side of a machine characterized as a combined drilling, boring, and milling machine, of contill 1942, Serial No. 44am '(cl. za-zs) ventional type. except for theimprovements to benoted I"igure 2isanenlargedfronte1evationwith parts broken away and other parts in section, showing certain drive members of the two feeds.

fFigure3is asectiontakenalongthelineI-t of Figure 2, but having parts broken away and other partsin section, and

Figure 4 is a plan view with parts profusely broken away and in section, showing the gear box for-forward and reverse drive of the two feeds.

In the illustrated example of my invention, the work carrying bed of the machine is indicated at I, and the base having ways thereon on which the side housing moves is shown at 2. The housing is shown at 3,'being ag r e columnar support that mounts the various drives, feeds and the like, and slidably mounted for vertical movement thereon is the tool drive head I.

The housing 3 issupported on a base I, which .base or saddle serves as a slide for the housing,

. the tool holder II in conventional bearings, one

with the of which is indicated at 'l l. The base I has along one rail thereof, a rack II, which is engaged by a pinion I! carried in the member I. I'he rotation of pinion It thus feeds or drives the member I, and therefore the housing 3 carried thereon, in the conventional path along the rails or ways of the base 2 as required for performing the particular work involved.

To drive .pinion it there is a shaft i4 suitably mounted-in bearings on the member I, and having a worm II thereon which engages a worm wheel II located on the upper end of the shaft I to of the pinion it. The shaft It extends laterally from the member I and is splined at its projecting end llaforreasonstobenotedbelom- To drive the housing I with respect to the member I, there is a shaft ll suitably supported in the lower part of the housing, which shaft has a threaded portion l8 thereon. The threaded portion passes through a nut II, fixed to member I. Thusastheshaft llisrevolvedthehousing I will bemovedwithremecttomemberl. Thrust collusllaresupplied fortheshaft l'l,andittoo extends laterally from the housing member.

Within the lower portion of the housing member are supported on suitable brackets II, a pair ofstopsleeves ",showninsectioninllgure 2. These limit the to and fro movement of the housing on the member I.

The motor'and drive means .for the two shafts I4 and II are mounted on the housing member properratherthanthebaseportion. The case or gear box of the drive is indicated at It, and the motor at N. Refen'ing to Figure 4, the motor shaft 25 is eq ippe with a suitable worm drive Ila which actuates two like gears 26 and I1, mounted on a shaft m, the latter gear being meshed witha reversepinion 2|. Gear 2! engages a gear I! whichis rotatably supported in the drive case by suitable means such as a sleeve 30, so thatitis loosewithrespecttotheshaft M. The reverse pinion II engages a companion gear 31 of the gear ll, similarlysupported on a sleeve 32 pensive and highly convenient in various machinin! op rations.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim-asnewanddesiretosecurebyLettersPat- 1.'A horizontal milling, drilling andboringmachine of the floor type comprising-a vertical housing, a head movable vertically onthe said base for-guidingthe housing base on the subsothatitisalsoloosewithrespecttotheshaft' ll. Between the two pinions each of which have cluteh teeth 88 on their exposed opposed faces, is a clutch collar 34, which is splined to the shaft II and can be moved to engage either of the pinion clutch faces to drive the shaft in the required direction. A handle II -is illustrated as. mounted on the drive box for that purpose.

The gears and ll for driving shaft II are loosely molmted thereover by means of sleeves, in the same manner as the gears 25 and II, and a chitch member it serves to connect the desired gear to the splined outer end of the said shaft i|,.

asinthe' case of the drive for shaft ll. The clutch operating handle It serves the clutch 38. The gears I! and 31 mesh with and are driven by pinions II and SI.

Itwillnowbcclear, that when itis desired to move the housing 3 with respect to the .ways .2 in the conventional manner, the clutch 34 will be brought into meshingmosition in the desired di-' rection, whereupon when the motor drive is energized, as bydepression of a pushlmttoncarried in the pendent switch 40, the member 5 will be caused to move along the ways 2 carrying with it thehousinglandthetoolhead l. Whenitis desired to move the housing transversely, the clutch a is operated in the desired direction which will result in movement of the housing member when the drive motor is energized.

Now, if after performing amilling operation on a piece of work, with a suitable milling tool mounted in the tool holder, it is desired to mount a drill for performing a'drilling operation, the housing will simply be moved back to permit of easy mounting of this drill. The housing can thenbemovedinwardlysoastobringthesameto any convenient position. If it is desired to move the entire tool carrying structure along the ways,

this will'be done without affecting the" transverse position of the housing on the base, or,

ii it is wee-1 in order to clear a portion of the work to shift the structure along, thehousing canbe temporarily moved outwardly for that pur- The mechanism as shownv is compact and simple,beingoperatedfroma single point with but one motor, which is essential in any event to'move the housing structure along the ways. The .mechanism also provides for a new movement in combination boring. drilling and milling machines 01 the indicated type. which mechanism is i es- 75 ousing, a head movable vertically on the said.

base for movement transversely, and ways on the iloor supporting the sub-base. for guiding the sub-base for movement in a longitudinal direction, a drive for the housing base on the subbase. and a drive for the sub-base on the iioor ways, and power means foiselectively energizing the said drives carried on one of the bases.

2. A horizontal milling. drilling and boring machine of the floor type comprising a vertical housing, a head movable vertically on the said housing, a tool spindle within said head, power means on said head for driving the spindle, the housing having a base unitary therewith, a subbase beneath the first base, ways on the sub-base for guiding the housing base on the sub-base for movement transversely. and ways on the floor supporting the sub-base for guiding the sub-base for movement in a longitudinal direction, a drive for the housing base on the sub-base, and a drive for the sub-base on the floor ways, and power means'forselectively energizing the said drives carried on the housing base.

3. A horizontal milling, drilling and boring machine of the floor type comprising a vertical housing, a head movable vertically on the said housing, a tool spindle within said head, power means on said head for driving the spindle, the housing having a ,base unitary therewith, a subbase beneath the first base, ways in the sub-base for guiding the housing base on the sub-base for movement transversely, and ways on the floor supporting the sub-base for guiding the sub-base for movement in a longitudinal direction, a drive for the housing base on the subbase, and a drive for'the sub-base on the floor ways, and power means for selectively energizing the said drives carried on the housing base, the drive for the sub-base on the floor ways comprising a splined shaft engaging the power means and a gear driven thereby engaging a rack on the iioor ways.

4. A horizontal milling, drilling and boring machine of the iloor type comprising a vertical -housing, a head-movable vertically on the said housing, a tool spindle within said head, power means on said head for driving the spindle, the housing having a base unitary therewith, a subbase beneath the flrst'base, ways on the sub-base for guiding the housing base on the sub-base for movement transversely, and ways on the floor supporting the sub-base for guiding the sub-base for movement in a longitudinal direction, a drive for the housing base on the sub-base, and a drive for the sub-base on the floor ways, and power means for selectively energizing the said drives carried on the housing base, the drive for the housing base on-the sub-base comprising a wormshaftonthehousingbaseanut mounted on the sub-base.

5. A horizontal milling, drilling and'..boring machine of the floor type comprising a vertical housing, a tool spindle within said head, power means on said head for driving the spindle, the housing having a base unitary therewith, a subbase beneath the first base, ways on the sub-base for guiding the housing base on the sub-base for movement transversely, and ways on the floor.

supporting the sub-base for guiding the sub-base for movement in a longitudinal direction, a drive for the housing base on the sub-base, and a drive for the sub-base on the floor ways, and power 10 means for selectively energizing the said drives carried on the housing base, the drive for the sub-base on thefloor ways comprising a splined shaft engaging the power means and a gear driven thereby engaging a rack on the floor ways, the drive for the housing base on the sub-base gaging a nut mounted on the sub-base.

JOHN M. WALTER: 

